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Tamil Nadu Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin inaugurates Chennai Book Fair 2024
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Special halls containing books for prison inmates, books for children and special book sections will be set up this year, like last year, they added.
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SC notice to Centre, States on plea to curb caste-based discrimination in
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
CJI Chandrachud told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who was present in the courtroom, that this is a very important issue that has been raised.
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Transporters, drivers protest against new law on hit-and-run cases in vari
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Transport Association and drivers staged a protest against the new law on hit-and-run cases in Maharashtra's Nagpur. The new law attracts a 7-10 year prison sentence for drivers falling foul of it. As a result of this protest, people at petrol pumps faced long queues.
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India, Pakistan exchange list of civilian prisoners and fishermen
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
India has shared lists of 337 civilian prisoners and 81 fishermen in its custody, who are Pakistani or are believed to be Pakistani.
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Private bus and truck drivers protest new hit-and-run law across states
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Private bus and truck drivers on Monday enforced a 'chakka jam' (traffic jam) across the state in protest against a new hit-and-run law, which attracts a 7-10 year prison sentence for drivers falling foul of it.
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"Arctic hugs and polar greetings to all": Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny se
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Despite being in a long jail sentence in Siberia, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said in his New Year message that he does not feel lonely and is in a "great" mood, but he still misses spending time with his family and friends in person, CNN reported.
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Hong Kong student leader flees to UK, seeks asylum
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Chung was 20 when he was sentenced to three and a half years in prison in 2021 after pleading guilty to "secession."
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Eight former Navy officers can serve remaining sentence in India under pre
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The former Indian Naval officers whose conviction has been reduced to jail terms in Qatar can serve their sentence in Indian prison due to an earlier agreement between New Delhi and Doha, senior advocate Adish Aggarwala said on Thursday.
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"I am your new Santa Claus": Alexei Navalny from Arctic jail
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
While confirming being held in a remote Arctic prison, jailed Russian leader Alexei Navalny said that he was in good spirits after a "pretty exhausting" 20-day transfer from a prison in the Vladimir region, Al Jazeera reported.
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Iran releases 52 illegal Afghan citizens from Al-Ghadir prison
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Taliban-appointed Foreign Relations Minister in Nimroz, Yar Mohammad Haqyar, announced the release of prisoners and emphasised that the prisoners were released as a result of the efforts of officials from the Taliban embassy in Tehran and the Afghan consulate in Zahedan.
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Putin critic Alexei Navalny found in Siberian penal colony 2 weeks after d
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
After two weeks of continued search, Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has been found at a penal colony in Siberia, Russia, according to his team, reported CNN.
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Kremlin critic Navalny found in Arctic prison, weeks after contact lost
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The revelation comes after Navalny's supporters lost contact with him for over two weeks, sparking concerns about his well-being.
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